FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 15: Boats decked out with holiday decorations travel along the New River while participating in the 47th annual Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade on December 15, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year’s boat parade theme, ‚ÄúThe Best of the 80‚Äôs,” is expected to attract more than a million visitors to the procession of about 100 lighted boats taking to the New River and the Intracoastal Waterway in what is called the ‚ÄúGreatest Show on H20.” (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Fort Lauderdale’s annual Winterfest Boat Parade has become the latest event to be canceled in 2020 due to ongoing concerns with the coronavirus pandemic.
The event, originally scheduled for December 12th, was canceled along with other related events that go through the waters along the downtown area.
“Our team, partners and community supporters were very hopeful for the traditional holiday boat parade to continue in December,” President and CEO Lisa Scott-Founds said in a statement. “This was a very difficult decision, but we are being proactive and socially responsible for the health and safety of our community. That is our top priority.”
Officials with the event and its sponsor, the Seminoles Hard Rock Casino, said they intend to hold the 50th anniversary of the annual event in December 2021 as scheduled.
